He also allowed his then-wife Marcia Lucas to aid the editing process while she was cutting the film New York, New York with Lucas's friend Martin Scorsese. After attempting to persuade Jympson to cut the film his way, Lucas replaced him with Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew. This included scenes that have never been seen elsewhere along with alternate takes of existing scenes. This first edit of Star Wars contained about 30-40% different footage from the final version. His directions to the actors usually consisted of the words "faster" and "more intense". He rarely spoke to the actors, who felt that he expected too much of them while providing little direction. Lucas eventually became frustrated that the costumes, sets and other elements were not living up to his original vision of Star Wars. Ford also found the dialogue difficult, saying "George, you can type this shiat, but you can't say it!". Harrison Ford found the film "weird" in that there was a Princess with buns for hair and what he called a "giant in a monkey suit" named Chewbacca. Actor Kenny Baker later confessed that he thought the film would be a failure. Most of the crew considered the project a "children's film", rarely took their work seriously, and often found it unintentionally humorous. You really don't know much about Star Wars. You can't fix horrible dialogue and sh*tty acting with edits.
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